Smoking pipe



Apr-i130, 1929. E 1,711,435

SMOKING PIPE Filed Aug. 30, 1927 INVENTOR- KE/VNETHM l Vssr ATTORNEYPatented Apr. 30, 1929.

KENNETH M, wnsr,

'PATEN or rnnsron, CUBA.

SMOKING PIPE.

Application filed August 30, 1927. Serial No. 216,464.

My invention relates to a smoking pipe, and particularly to a pipehaving at the bottom of the bowl a chamberfor the collection of saliva.

The general object of my invention is to provide a pipe of the indicatedcharacter improved in various particulars, whereby the smoke passagethrough the stem from the bowl is made entirely independent andmaintained out of communication with the collecting chamber for thesaliva, as well as to provide a pipe in which the chamber for thecollection of saliva is of a novel form readily cleaned.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawing is merelyillustrative of one example of the 1nvention.

Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of asmoking pipe embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the lower portion of a pipebowl and its appurtenances. I

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the bowl and a portion of thestem.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the closure for the saliva chamber.

in accordance with the illustrated example, a bowl 10 is provided with astem 11 having a mouthpiece 111. At the bottom of the bowl is a passageor passages 13 extending downwardly for the escape of any salivacollecting in the bottom of the bowl. The passages 13 lead to anenlarged chamber 14 beneath which is a saliva cup 15 having a drainspout 16 leading therefrom to one end of a closure 17 in which said cup15 and spout 16 are formed. The closure 17 is rockably mounted on ahorizontal pivot pin 20. The bottom of the bowl is formed with a recessor cut-out 19 in'which the closure 17 is arranged. One end of the Incarrying out my invention in practice closure 17 is subject to thepressure of a coil spring 18 in said chamber 19, the spring tending tomaintain the closure 17 in position with the cup 15 and spout 16directly adjacent to the enlarged chamber 1 1, so as to receive thesaliva from said enlarged chamber 14.

It is to be noted that the smoke passage 19 leading from the bowlthrough the stem of the mouthpiece 111. is entirely independent of thechamber 19 as well as independent of the saliva cup 15, so that there isno possibility of the saliva being drawn from cup 15 T OFFICE."

or chamber 19 through the stem to the mouthpiece 111. Pressure againstthe closure 17 at one end will rock thestem on the pivot, thereby givingthe closure a tilted position with the spout 16 remote from the adjacentsurface of the bowl so that the saliva may run freely from the cup 15and said spout when the closure 17 is tilted on its pivot 20.

I'would'state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutesa practical embodiment of my invention, I do not. limit myself strictlyto the exact details herein illustrated since, manifestly, the same canbe considerably varied without departure from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claim. 1

I claim: v A smoking pipe' including a bowl, a stem on the bowl having amouthpiece, and a vertically rockable element on the bowl at the bottom,said element having a saliva cup formed thereon at the top, said bowlhaving an opening in the bottom thereof to direct saliva to said cup andhaving a chamber in which said rockable element is arranged, the bowland stem having a smoke passage leading to the mouthpiece, said smokepassage being entirely cut off from and independent of the saliva cupand the said chamber.

Signed at Antilla, Province of Oriente, Cuba, this 19th day of August,1927.

KENNETH M. WEST.

